DEVICE FOR PROTECTING A COMMERCIAL ARTICLE AGAINST THEFT

摘要

A device for protecting a commercial article which is a physical object (10, 32), that may or may not be packaged, against theft. The device (12, 42) includes: at least one active or passive member that is capable of emitting electromagnetic waves out from the device or receiving electromagnetic waves from outside the device; elements for attaching and locking the device to the physical object or to the packaging of same in a locked position such that a user cannot separate the device from the physical object without an external tool, the locking elements including a locking mechanism; and at least one optically readable code (24) uniquely identifying the physical object to which the device is intended to be attached and which is separate from a commercial article code (EAN, EPC, etc.) assigned to the physical object, as a commercial article.

主权项

1. A device for protecting a commercial article against theft, said commercial article being a packaged or unpackaged physical object (10,32; 80), the device (12,42; 70) having:
at least one active or passive component that is capable of transmitting electromagnetic waves to the outside of the device or of receiving electromagnetic waves from the outside, means for fixing and locking the device to the physical object or to the packaging thereof in a locked position so that a user cannot separate the device from the physical object without an external tool, said locking means comprising a locking mechanism, at least one optically readable code (24) uniquely identifying the physical object to which the device is intended to be fixed and that is distinct from a commercial article code (EAN, EPC, etc.) assigned to the physical object, as a commercial article.